Morris Minor Owners Club

The Pickup has been waiting for ages for a time where I can do some routine preventative maintenance, the front brakes, the king pin dust covers, the new type that don't need the whole front suspension taken apart, I'll report on those later.


the hole welded up on the Saloon floor, a small job that took all morning and piled up the tools, more than I'd planned for, job done, she can come back down now and the axle stands can be used to lift up the Pickup so I can get great access under there.

up up and away, checking that all the axle stands sound off as fully loaded. the front stands go under the forward chassis legs, but the rear ward stands go one hole higher on the axle itself, just to keep the whole car held level. there's never been decent jack points on the pickups. I'm always worried at causing damage to the chassis legs, so I spread the attachment point with a block of wood to spread the load.

I may be a bit late to the split dust cap party, but I'd chose simplicity over stripping down the whole trunnion and king pin to replace the rubbers ones any day.

so far so good, and even if they only last as long as the rubber caps, they are a lot easier and quicker to fit.

I was going to replace the front brake shoes, but there is still a years worth left in these, but I'll order new one's ready to go on next year, always worth it for a clean down with some brake and parts cleaner.